California Tule

California Tule
Scirpus californicus
Photo ©Patricia McQuade	The roots of the Tule are always covered with water, so the plant needs a way to get air (oxygen) to the roots. It traps oxygen in its stems and sends it to the roots. If you cut open the stem of the Tule, you’ll see a spongy texture with lots of air pockets, that looks like styrofoam. In fact, the Tule has so much air trapped in its stems that it floats. Native Americans lashed these twelve-foot long floatable stems together to make their canoes.

Earth Cards
Nature Trading Cards

What are Earth Cards?

Trading cards? Flash cards? Game cards? Animal cards? Earth cards are all of these.

Collect them like baseball cards.
Play games with them like a game deck.
Use them as flash cards and species cards for learning.
Trade them with your friends.

Order your set of
Nature Trading Cards

Box of 35 cards          $5.00
Box of 65 cards        $10.00
Box of 100 cards       $15.00

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You can customize your box of cards. Just go to and pick the species you want included.

A box of Nature Trading Cards would be a nice gift for your child's classroom. You can also order them in quantities, at special prices, to use as fundraisers for your school.